RV-6

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:00 pm

I'm helping Stu redo some wiring in the -6 he bought already flying...
He is wondering if the tabs on the seat supports are supposed to be riveted to the spar flange:

Anyone know?

I can't get the image to show ... have tried every url associated with it in my album ... ? help !?

Thanks
T.

Post by **bullojm1** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:17 pm

Tom-

I can't speak definitively for the -6, but on the -7 the seat ribs are riveted to the top flange of the bulkhead. Good luck.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:11 pm

This picture?

What Mike said X2.

Buuuut, if I remember it when I get to the airport tomorrow, I will check Bill H's plane and see if his are done.

Bill, do you have your plans at home still?

Do you remember doing these?

CJ

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:12 pm

Thanks ... I guess that isn't the spar flange but part of the carry through.

So what was I doing wrong on the image insertion???

Thomas

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:13 pm

Hmmm, not sure. This is the file I put in. Is it different from yours?

http://www.rivetbangers.com//cgi-php/fo ... alNumber=1

CJ

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:18 pm

It is, yours is on the bottom here:

http://www.rivetbangers.com//cgi-php/fo ... alNumber=1

http://rivetbangers.com/cgi-php/forumsG ... alNumber=1

Where did you get the filename?

I did a right click and copied the picture addy.

CJ

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:19 pm

You are missing the dub, dub, dub...

CJ

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:24 pm

I tried multiple things; cut and paste the image location via R click, via properties, etc.
I have had this problem before ... I wonder if it has something to do with me using Firefox instead of IE?

Thanks for the input.

T.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:26 pm

I am on Firefox.

CJ

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:31 pm

Hmmm .. ?

I'll have to play around with it more when I get home from work...

T.

painless · Post by **painless** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:28 pm

To answer your original question, I riveted those on my 6A

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 12:32 pm

Jeff-

Thanks. Do you recall if that's what the plans call out? Do you happen to have any pics?

Thanks!

Thomas

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:37 pm

I just looked at Bill's plane. He has platenuts on each rib/spar connection. The Machine screw is to pass through the seat pan and hold it down at the front.

I don't have a pic. I hope that makes sense?

CJ

painless · Post by **painless** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:36 pm

The center ribs are screwd to the spar flange as they are to the spar web so you can get them out to install the control column. The outboard ones are riveted. I'll try to dig up come pics in a couple hours.

Bob Barrett · Post by **Bob Barrett** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:10 pm

I am building an RV-6A and plate nuts are supposed to be used on the ribs and especially the short upper portion of the rib before it connects or is riveted to the fuselage spar carry through. The orginal builder should have given you the actual plans used in construction. If you don't have them see if you can get a copy from Van's for that factory serial NUMBER. They will charge you something but there have been plan revisions and you need plans that are relevant to that particular airplane. Mine was one of the last RV-6A kits and so my plans are somewhat different.

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